Gordon Ramsay's 'Kitchen Nightmares' Back Calling Out Nasty Owners
By Kay on May 22, 2023 at 3:30 PM EDT
It's been nearly ten years, but Gordon Ramsay is being called to put the new generation of unsanitary restaurant owners on blast.
Gordon Ramsay Ready To Take Action Again
Back in 2004, the sharp-tongued British native hit the airwaves via Fox with Kitchen Nightmares, where he would go behind the scenes of local restaurants and help them to improve their business.
The show ran for seven seasons ending in 2014. According to Deadline, it's making a comeback. The show will be under Fox again, along with all of Ramsay's other American shows but also co-produced by his production company Studio Ramsay.
The show started in the UK with ITV and transitioned across the pond several years later. The show's premise follows Ramsay as he spends a week with one restaurant and tries to help the struggling business.
He gives the place a makeover and offers up shocking and confrontational critiques that are often funny because they are 100% true. Plus, Ramsay is a master at shading people, and who doesn't like seeing a little shade thrown over dinner?
Gordon Ramsay Nearly Pukes Every Time
One of the show's highlights is watching the father of five go through the pantries, fridges, and kitchens of some of these establishments and is appalled by the gross upkeep or lack thereof.
Molded food, smells of all sorts, lazy chefs, frozen "fresh" foods, a pastry shop with erratic owners. The show has it all; if you aren't a foodie, you can watch Ramsay scream his head off after finding out he ate a meal from the rancid kitchens.
The comedic side of the show usually featured the celebrity chef running to a garbage bin to puke up what he realized were slimy old mussels, molded mashed potatoes, and garnish that is essentially collecting bacteria amongst all the copen containers of raw meat in the fridge.
Gordon Ramsay Wasn't Ready To Go
Initially, when the show ended, Ramsay shared the sad news on his Instagram. "I've had a phenomenal ten years making 123 episodes, 12 seasons, shot across two continents, watched by tens of millions of people and sold to over 150 countries,' Ramsay continued. 'It's been a blast, but it's time to call it a day."
He continued. "During this time, I've visited over 100 restaurants, meeting and trying to help — or in some cases, failing to help — some of the most weird and wonderful people."
Ramsay attempted to create a similar show to this one called 24 Hours to Hell and Back. It had great success and lasted three seasons, but nothing beats Kitchen Nightmares.
The energy of the show hits differently. Watching Ramsay give fans a look into kitchens and what some potential diners could have run into has been a thrill for fans seeing as the viewership never struggled; Ramsay just had too many other shows going at one time.
There is no exact release date yet, but it'll be great to see the famous chef transform some of these restaurants again!